Jummah Reflections

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    Apologies to the Humanities

    السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ  I don’t know how much this opinion piece would weigh, given the fact that front facing I am very much apart of the arts/ humanities, but nonetheless I still see some value in sharing this thought: I want to apologize to the humanities Before I explain the reason for my apology, I want to provide a little context. I wasn’t always into the arts, in fact, majority of my current working life is the complete opposite. My education and career are rooted in science—I have a bachelor’s in Neuroscience and I currently work in a hospital & research institute. For much of my academic and professional…

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    Salawat, Istighfar, and Surah Ali Imran

    Hello my friend! It’s been a long while since I updated my blog, but not a moment where I didn’t think about you. It was hard for me to write because I didn’t really understand what was happening in my life. I feel like sometimes it’s important to digest the lessons that happen before expressing it. Some seasons are not for speaking. Allhamdulilah, all has been well. I still have been dedicating most of my time to Decor.TO, and a lot has happened. I feel like I have moved closer this dream I have. I am no means anywhere near a full fledge small business(emphasis on small) but I feel…

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    Allah Has it in stock

    I was reflecting on the concept of a duaa list and how I use it to ask Allah for things. You know when you want to buy something online, and you go to a store website and check their inventory for a specific product? You scroll down, you get happy when you see it has the little green bean next to the words “in stock”? I thought to myself, if no matter what I added to my duaa list, this icon with these words would appear next to every duaa, what would I write? What would I ask for? Would it change the way I made duaa? Al-Ghani The reality…

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    Morbid Reality of this Dunya

    The other day, I came across the most tragic story, the story of Adam Walsh: To sum it up if you don’t want to watch the video: – 6 year old boy goes to Sears with his mom. He’s goes to the video game aisle, with his mom close by shopping – A group of boys start fighting over a video game, causing them to get kicked out of the store, the 6 year old, Adam, included, even though he wasn’t with them.  – The mom goes into frantic, looking for her kid, they can’t find him. This is in the 80s mind you, so neither the store, nor the…

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    The Beauty of Islam: Lowering the Gaze

    I think now more than ever people are interested in taking care of their mental space, purifying their surroundings, detoxing their life (me included). The beauty of the deen is that it transcends all trends, even when society doesn’t see the importance of a certain ruling, eventually down the line we will see the wisdom behind Allah(swt) Words.

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    Why I Crave (financial) Independence

    I have a lot of dreams I want to fulfil. I’d love to own a business, I’d love to see the world, buy cute bags I like, build a city in the jungle nobody knows about. The usual.  And that does motivate me (and I’m sure majority of humans) to sacrifice whatever I can to build on what I have in front of me, but I quickly realized when the going gets tough, my creative passions aren’t enough to push me beyond the minimum. For example, I had this vision board I made to help me get through a tough semester (I can’t believe I’m sharing this looool the pics are…

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    We Don’t Need Anyone But Us

    I’m sure you’ve guys heard about the floods happening in Beledweyne. I don’t need to add to the hundreds of pictures online showing the damages or people waist-deep in water. I do want to share an image that really moved me, taken in Garowe: I admire this man so much. And anyone in Garowe, or other parts of Somalia that are investing their time, money, and resources to help their own. May Allah reward them. Being educated in the west came with a lot of conceptions I am working actively to unlearn. One of them being that there needs to be some sort of western entity, whether a non-profit organization or…